(2022-02-25). The CIA is Pushing a False Flag Operation in Ukraine to Save Joe Biden and the Democrats. southfront.org 
Written by John Smith In a prior article, I described the pragmatism of Vladimir Putin in regards to his not…
(2022-02-25). Israel Chose to Stand With US Over Ukraine, But Will It Harm Tel Aviv's Ties With Moscow? sputniknews.com Aside from enjoying stable trade, cultural links, and booming tourism, the two nations have cooperated on a number of security issues. Moscow has played a pivotal role in mediating between Israel and the Palestinians. It shared its intelligence on the Iranian nuclear programme and it turned a blind eye to the Jewish state's actions in Syria.
(2022-02-25). Ukrainian military deploys Grad rocket launchers in Kiev — Russia's top brass. tass.com "The latest intelligence data shows that Grad multiple rocket launchers have been deployed in Shevchenko Square in Kiev to deliver strikes against the area of the Gostomel aerodrome," Igor Konashenkov said…
(2022-02-24). Those Who Violated the Geneva Conventions at Guantánamo Are Free, While the Man who Helped Expose Their Crimes Languishes in Prison. dissidentvoice.org 
Ahmed Rabbani (Pakistan), Untitled (Grape Arbor), 2016. Rabbani endured 545 days of torture at the hands of the CIA before he was transferred to Guantánamo in 2004. He has been in the prison without charge since then. Twenty years ago, on 11 January 2002, the United States government brought its first 'detainees' abducted during the …
(2022-02-24). The UK Wanted to Extradite Assange to the US from the Start. cepr.net The Intercept See article on original site The UK High Court ruling that Julian Assange should be extradited to face trial in the United States — a decision that Amnesty International has called a "travesty of justice" — came as no surprise to me. It's what the UK government always wanted. I know because the …
(2022-02-24). Bipartisan Consensus as Myth: The Manchurian Candidate in Australian Politics. dissidentvoice.org A few dragons have been breathing fire of late, and these need to be slayed. One is the notion that Australia has had some miraculous sense of bipartisan understanding about national security, its politicians well briefed, cooperative and objective on the subject. The second is that politicising intelligence and national security are aberrations. The Morrison …
(2022-02-24). Fighting for voting rights and workers' rights. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt February 23, 2022 Ella Baker, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, led a challenge to white segregationist Mississippi Democrats at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower court's order to make Alabama redraw its gerrymandered Congressional districts and set up fair representation for the state's Black voters. A federal appeals panel — made up of one Clinton-appointed judge and two Trump appointees — had upheld the lower court decision. The SCOTUS decision paused t…
(2022-02-24). Manchin Reportedly Backing Corporate-Friendly Michelle Childs for Supreme Court. truthout.org 
As President Joe Biden considers several top Supreme Court picks, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) is reportedly telling colleagues in private that he prefers a GOP-backed candidate, who unions and pro-labor advocates have sounded the alarm about for her history of advocating for corporations against workers, According to Punchbowl, multiple anonymous sources have said that Manchin wants J. Michelle Childs in…
(2022-02-24). The Inevitability Of Russia's Attack On Ukraine. thedissenter.org 
[EDITOR'S NOTE: I don't typically use this space to weigh in on US foreign policy without connecting it somehow to whistleblowers, but as the establishment news media limits acceptable views to a very narrow spectrum of reactions, I felt the need to weigh in on Russia's attack on Ukraine.] | *** | Wrong does not really cover it. I was naive. Naively, I convinced myself that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not launch a massive military offensive against all parts of Ukraine. | I allowed myself to believe that the extent of an attack would be limited to seizing territory contested between Ukraine and the bre…